Researchers who have claimed this convict
There are currently 3 researchers who have claimed Richard Sargeant
- Researcher (9022)
- Researcher (James Moule)
- Researcher (Sue McGuire)
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Biographies
Richard Sargeant, son of Nathan Sargeant and Jane Bayles, was born on 12th September, 1796 at Egremont, Cumberland.
In 1817, he was convicted of highway robbery and sentenced to 14 years transportation. He left on a new ship, "Isabella", arriving in Sydney in 1818. The voyage from Spithead via Rio took 164 days. He gave his occupation as "flax dresser" (rope-maker). He was 5'8" tall with fair / ruddy complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes.
By the 1828 muster, he was listed as a rope-maker in Castlereagh St, Sydney. He had married Rebecca Cornwell at St.Phillips, Sydney, in 1821 so must have behaved well to get a ticket-of-leave so early. He died on the McDonald River (St.Albans) in 1839 and was buried at Wisemans Ferry. No trace of the grave remains due to the Hawkesbury floods.
Richard and Rebecca had three children: Margaret (1821-1889, m. George Henshaw (Hanshard) in 1837), John (1827-1881, m. Elizabeth White in 1851) and Robert (1830-1832 when his mother died.
Later generations of the family changed the spelling of their surname to SEARGENT to distance themselves from the "Convict Stain".
Submitted by Researcher (James Moule) on 19 August 2019
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/3, p.12
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